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I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'LL BUFF RIGHT OUT

I was reading a cool thread on reddit about what happens when carrier based military aircraft land on the wrong carrier, as in not the one they took off from and not the one they were supposed to return to. Pretty sure that even if carriers do look the same there's identifying signals/comms or whatever, but apparently it happens and when it does, well let's just say it isn't pretty for the pilots or their aircraft.

I read one story about how a pilot landed on the wrong carrier and was quickly given a tour of that carrier by the crew, the reason for the tour, to give other crew time to exact the punishment. I now give you images of that punishment, which it seems has been dished out a fair few times...

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